{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2080343,"song":"The Crow On The Cradle","artist":"Jackson Browne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11452170-the-crow-on-the-cradle-chords-by-jackson-browne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2080343?type=chord","rating":4.87808,"votes":62,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nnow is the time,  for a child to be born[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nhe'll laugh at the moon and cry for the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand if it's a boy,  he'll carry a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nsang the crow, on the cradle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand if it should be that this baby's a girl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nnever you mind if her hair doesn't curl[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nwith rings on her fingers and bells on her toes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand a bomber above her wherever she goes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nsang the crow, on the cradle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthe crow on the cradle, the black and the white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nsomebody's baby,   is born for a fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nthe crow on the cradle, the white and the black[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nsomebody's baby,  is not coming back[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nsang the crow, on the cradle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nyour mother and father will sweat and they'll slave[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nto build you a coffin and dig you a grave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nhush-a-bye little one, never you weep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nfor we've got a toy that can put you to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nsang the crow   on the cradle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nbring me my gun, and I'll shoot that bird dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthat's what your mother and father once said[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nthe crow on the cradle, what can we do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAh, this is a thing that I'll leave up to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nsang the crow   on the cradle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthis is a thing,  that I'll leave up to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nsang the crow  on the cradle[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nBm           Bm            G             D              A\nBm           Em                          Bm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nBm           Bm            G             D              A\nBm           F#m           G             D              A      Bm     Em    Bm\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["Bm","G","D","A","Em","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}